Oracle bowl "agere ifa" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3036546

Description

wood, polychrome paint, stand in form of two chicken holding a snake in their beaks, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
the motif of bird and snake symbolizes the confrontation between obvious danger (snake) and insidiousness.

Littérature comparée

Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 193, ill. III/1.1